Thursday, September 12, 2013

Media coverage of legislative rejection of Next Generation Science Standards

Below is a list of media outlets carrying my remarks on the rejection by the Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee of the states new science standards which are based on the Next Generation Science Standards:

...new
standards would be a horrible embarrassment for the state. MartinCothran, spokesman for The Family Foundation, said the standards should
not be approved because they neglect basic science knowledge...

...new
standards would be a horrible embarrassment for the state. MartinCothran, spokesman for The Family Foundation, said the standards should
not be approved because they neglect basic science knowledge...

...was
political. “I pretty well predicted this,” Holliday said. MartinCothran, spokesman for The Family Foundation, said the standards
shouldn’t be approved because they neglect basic science knowledge...

...new
standards would be a horrible embarrassment for the state. MartinCothran, spokesman for The Family Foundation, said the standards should
not be approved because they neglect basic science knowledge...

...new
standards would be a horrible embarrassment for the state. MartinCothran, spokesman for The Family Foundation, said the standards should
not be approved because they neglect basic science knowledge...

...inadequate"
and he said the subcommittee vote was political. MartinCothran ,
spokesman for The Family Foundation , said the standards shouldn't be approved
because they neglect basic science knowledge...

...inadequate"
and he said the subcommittee vote was political. MartinCothran ,
spokesman for The Family Foundation , said the standards shouldn't be approved
because they neglect basic science knowledge...

...inadequate"
and he said the subcommittee vote was political. MartinCothran ,
spokesman for The Family Foundation , said the standards shouldn't be approved
because they neglect basic science knowledge...

...inadequate"
and he said the subcommittee vote was political. MartinCothran ,
spokesman for The Family Foundation , said the standards shouldn't be approved
because they neglect basic science knowledge...

...inadequate"
and he said the subcommittee vote was political. MartinCothran ,
spokesman for The Family Foundation , said the standards shouldn't be approved
because they neglect basic science knowledge...

...new
standards would be a horrible embarrassment for the state. MartinCothran, spokesman for The Family Foundation, said the standards should
not be approved because they neglect basic science knowledge...

...inadequate"
and he said the subcommittee vote was political. MartinCothran ,
spokesman for The Family Foundation , said the standards shouldn't be approved
because they neglect basic science knowledge...

...inadequate"
and he said the subcommittee vote was political. MartinCothran ,
spokesman for The Family Foundation , said the standards shouldn't be approved
because they neglect basic science knowledge...

...inadequate"
and he said the subcommittee vote was political. MartinCothran,
spokesman for The Family Foundation, said the standards shouldn't be approved
because they neglect basic science knowledge...

...new
standards would be a horrible embarrassment for the state. MartinCothran, spokesman for The Family Foundation, said the standards should
not be approved because they neglect basic science knowledge...

...new
standards would be a horrible embarrassment for the state. MartinCothran, spokesman for The Family Foundation, said the standards should
not be approved because they neglect basic science knowledge...

...standards
as “low level” and “woefully deficient in engineering.” MartinCothran of the Family Foundation, another conservative advocacy group,
claimed the standards exhibit “an over emphasis on climate control”...

...inadequate"
and he said the subcommittee vote was political. MartinCothran,
spokesman for The Family Foundation, said the standards shouldn't be approved
because they neglect basic science knowledge...

...practices
and critical thinking for kids," said Ladd. It's a move MartinCothran with The Family Foundation said is a mistake. "That aspect of
science which is the most useful for the most students is going...

...new
standards would be a horrible embarrassment for the state. MartinCothran, spokesman for The Family Foundation, said the standards should
not be approved because they neglect basic science knowledge...

...standards
as “low level” and “woefully deficient in engineering.” MartinCothran of the Family Foundation, another conservative advocacy group,
claimed the standards exhibit “an over emphasis on climate control”...

In
his testimony* before the committee, MartinCothran of The Family
Foundation criticized the standards ... standards for Kentucky. My name is
MartinCothran, I am with The Family Foundation of Kentucky. I
would like...

...basic
knowledge about the natural world,” foundation spokesperson MartinCothran told the Associated Press. But the NGSS still won backing from
both the state Board of Education and local education groups...

Wednesday
in the State Capitol Annex in Frankfort. MartinCothran, senior
policy analyst with the conservative ... the Bluegrass Institute and
MartinCothran and those folks have some valid concerns," he said.
"We...